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Scheduled monument

Roman town of Irchester and preceding Iron Age settlement; including remains of the medieval hamlet of Chester on the Water

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CURIE scheduled-monument:1003892 no fact link
Prefix scheduled-monument Facts
Reference 1003892 Facts
Name Roman town of Irchester and preceding Iron Age settlement; including remains of the medieval hamlet of Chester on the Water Facts
Quality Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source no fact link
Dataset Scheduled monument no fact link
Organisation Historic England no fact link
Start date 1951-04-08 Facts
End date Facts
Entry date 2014-08-06 Facts
Typology geography no fact link
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Documentation url https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1003892 Facts

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